Not coincidentally, the hotel Sol Rio de Luna y Mares was built around a seedbed, this one belongs to Gaviota S.A tourism group and it is managed by Meliábusiness group.

Besides, it is the oldest of Holguín tourist area, which was founded in November 1991.The facility has respected its natural environment for more than two decades within 11 hectares of extensionas one of its undeniable values.

Ingo Schuster, a German native from Hamburg, knows this asbeing a visitor "spoiled" by all workers, since he was the first guest in the hotel and there is no one who does not know his jokes and his sense of belonging to this vital space.

"Since the day I arrived here I have seen that workers take care of plants and nature. I even know couples of foreigners from several countries who planted a tree here while they were celebrating their honeymoon, "says the tourist, with more than a hundred trips to Cuba in his itinerary.

There is a harmony between the hotel infrastructure andthe natural landscape which is recognized by the clients who choose this destination. Efforts stand out to offer a product environmentally friendly that favorsa culture on sustainability, whichendorses the Environment Provincial Award granted on June 5th, 2018.

For example, the ecological trail "Las Guanas" engages strangers in a tour about the first inhabitants of the island. Then,they can access the so-called Ciboney cave, which simulates a funerary grotto and it is an icon of this protected area full of endemism, highlighting a cactus that "lives" here more than 200 years ago.

All before they reach the lookout of Playa Esmeralda, from where one can observe the sea, but not the different efforts carried out here to ensure the preservation of natural resources and the promotion of an environmental culture.

I say it because down there, in the distance, are the garbage baskets and the fences that "advise" to protect the coastal ecosystem, but they can be seen from the look out only with binoculars.

Sitting on a beach lounge, the Canadian Renata Malage, surrounded by family and friends, recognizes the qualities of this place: "I have been to Cuba many times and this is one of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen, with a good integral management, because they clean it very early, almost at dawn, so we can enjoy it ".

Experts say that one of the most beautiful resorts on Holguín coast, deserves the status of Environmental Beach, given the reduction of impacts on the coastal ecosystem and the monitoring of actionsby Life Task. The specialists have already delivered the corresponding documentation, with the requiredindicators.

Meanwhile, inside the hotel effective initiatives have been carried out, such as the use of gel dispensers to avoid excessive use of plastic bottles, along with the functioning of taps, and the elimination of toilets tanks and bathtubs, among other efforts for saving water.

The use of sprinklers in the care of nurseries and gardens to ensure the replanting, the correct management of hazardous waste, the entry of television sets with low energy consumption and the elimination of polluting gases for the ozone layer, such as the R-22, thanks to new cooling equipment, they talk about a sustainable work, with the same seedbed of the nursery announcing to everyone that the care of the environment in this hotel is a letter of presentation.